During the sentencing of a man
convicted of raping a minor, an Alabama judge at first did what
everybody in the courtroom suspected.
Limestone County (Ala.) Judge James
Woodroof handed down jail terms of 20 years for forcible rape and 10
years each for two second-degree rape charges to run concurrently for
Austin Clem, 25.
Then Woodruff suspended those sentences, CNN reported.
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Instead, he gave Clem three community
corrections sentences of two years plus three years of supervised
probation, to be carried out concurrently, CNN said, adding that Clem
must register as a sex offender.
If he follows all the guidelines, Clem will stay out of prison, CNN reported.
“I’m still baffled,” the victim,
Courtney Andrews, told CNN, after coming forward publicly to express her
anger over Wednesday’s sentencing. “I don’t know how any of this is
possible.”
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